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Faith in Sobriety
January 10, 2023 Dear God, good morning. The topic I need to require is having faith in you, Lord Jesus. I begged you for help back in two-thousand-fourteen. I still drank alcohol and learned that my dog Annie-girl had four-stage cancer. The veterinarian told me the terrible news. And I had to put Annie girl down, which was the hardest thing I had ever done. I only had Annie for eight years. It broke my heart. I believe that Annie girl is on the rainbow bridge with other doggies. You gave me faith in Jesus. When I had a lovely dream of Annie’s girl. I remember waking up at six…
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Job in Recovery
January 9, 2022 Dear God, good morning. Today’s reading in the Life Recovery Bible is about “Job” Job was very close to God. He would do anything for God, even die for God. They were close and spoke to each other, even though Job was experiencing a great deal of pain. He trusted God. I, too, have a heart-to-heart conversation with you every morning Jesus. I write to you, Jesus, which brings me close to you, and I feel peace and safety knowing you are with me. Even though I may be going through a storm of emotions, I know you are with me. Emotions like anger, sadness, and frustration…
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Jesus is Your Deliverer
December 8, 2022 Dear God, Good morning. Today’s reading from God’s Promises for every day says Jesus is your deliverer.” I truly believe you delivered me from the hell of alcoholism and from trying to kill myself with pills and alcohol, and from being killed by my former abuser Josh. Two-thousand and eleven was the worst year I encountered. My boyfriend, Josh, physically attacked me at four in the morning. Josh’s head-butted my head, and I felt pain so severe I blacked out. I woke up to Josh strangling me with his left arm. I was choking and starving for air. I turned towards his left bicep, which was choking…
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Abuse and Alcoholism
December 6, 2022 Dear God, Good morning. Today’s reading from God’s Promises for every day says Jesus is your deliverer.” I truly believe you delivered me from the hell of alcoholism and from trying to kill myself with pills and alcohol, and from being killed by my former abuser Josh. Two-thousand and eleven was the worst year I encountered. My boyfriend, Josh, physically attacked me at four in the morning. Josh’s head-butted my head, and I felt pain so severe I blacked out. I woke up to Josh strangling me with his left arm. I was choking and starving for air. I turned towards his left bicep, which was choking…
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Frantic and Stressed
November 26, 2022 Dear God, good morning. In the book God Promises for every day writes, “What do when you are Frantic and Stressed?” I love this verse in the Bible. “But the Spirit produces the fruits of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. There is no law that says these things are wrong. Galatians 5:22-23 That was a beautiful read. I do get frantic and get stressed out. I love the fruits of God’s love for us, and I would love to have the fruits of the Holy Spirit. I have experienced some of the fruits of the Holy Spirit with love, faithfulness, peace, joy, and…
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Blessings in Recovery
November 21, 2022 Dear God, good morning. Thank you for all the blessings I have received. Jesus. The Bible says, “God can give you more blessings than you need.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 The most important blessing I have received is Your love for us, Jesus. You took me out of the pits of hell and blessed me to get sohba again in twenty-sixteen. I was desperate for help because I was now drinking close to a gallon of red wine within two days. I was physically sick from drinking so much alcohol. I would come home late in the early mornings, and my husband shook his head with disbelief.…
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God’s Faithfulness in Recovery
November 13, 2022 Dear God, good morning. Today’s reading from God’s Promises for every day writes, “What the Bible has to say, “God’s faithfulness.” God, you are healing me as I write to you. It’s taken years for me to believe in you and your promises. It writes, “The Lord says, “This day is like the time of Noah to me. I promised then that I would never flood the world again. In the same way, I promise I will not be angry with you or punish you again. The mountains may disappear, and the hills may come to an end, but my love will never disappear; my promise of…
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Being Afraid in Recovery
November 8, 2022 Good morning, Dear God. Today’s topic today is “Being Afraid.” I have always been afraid my whole life, and I ran on “self will-run-riot” since I was a child. When I was three, my mother forced me to eat oatmeal for breakfast, but it was lumpy and hard to swallow. I refused to eat the oatmeal, and my mother said, “You’ll eat this for dinner.” Since childhood, I was always fearful of my mother’s scorn. She always scared me, especially when she was drinking alcohol. My siblings and I feared both of our parents when they were drinking booze. Arguments between my parents were scary to watch,…
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Forgiving Others
October 29, 2022 Dear God; Good Morning; Wow, a God Shot this early in the morning? I open the book “God’s Promises for every day” to “Forgiving others. All I can say is, WHAT? For me, it is not so much forgiving others as forgiving myself. I have an extremely hard time forgiving myself for past transgressions. Sometimes, no a lot of times, I don’t think I deserve forgiveness. I know this makes no sense, but I feel responsible for what happened to my biological parents, and I wish I could go back somehow and be there for my mom. As for my father, I am still resentful of him for…
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Rebel Without a Clue
October 27, 2022 Dear God, good morning. I’m sick with a terrible cough and body aches. I wanted to have my commune with you this morning. I still feel weak physically, and my coughing still lingers. It is probably the flu, and my headache went away. Thank you, Jesus. Today’s reading is from God’s Promises, for every day writes, ” What to do when you feel rebellious.?” I was always a rebel who resisted rules. I was a wild child running around Boston at fourteen, and I knew every train station in Boston and the surrounding towns. The Department of Youth Services (DYS) was responsible for my safety and…
